Package-tie



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PACKAGE TIE.

ATION FILED APR. 26. |92o.

APPLIC Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

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UNITED STATE PATENT O DANIEL w. MIL sAPs, or wnsnnve ron, DISTRiCT orconumnm,

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Be it known that-I, DANIEL WV. MILLSAI-S, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented newand useful Improvements in PackageTies, or which the following is apartwhereby it may be turned to one side 1n flat conditlon withouttwisting or bending.

The material used in the construction of this tie consists of flatelastic straps made of strips of rubber covered with and connected by acoating of-textile material.

The present invention has for its objectto improve and increasetheresiliency and durability of the binder by constructing thee samemainly of resilient metallicwire in a simple and improved way.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the meanswhereby the metallic straps or bands are united together in such amanner as to permit the loop formed by one of said bands to beconveniently moved to a position at substantially right angles to itsmate.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination-of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the" claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred'form of the invention, it being, however, understood "that nolimitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details thereinexhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within thescope of the claims-may be resorted to whendesired.

In the drawings:

, rAcKAGn-rin Specification of Letters Patent, Patented NOV, 30, 1920.

Application filed April 26, 1920. Serial No. 376,836.

"Figure 1 is a plan view of, a package of letters having the improvedbinder applied thereto with dottedlines indicating how one of the loopsmay be moved to a releasing position.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the package show ing the joint in section.

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the binder removed.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

The improved binder is formed of four separate binding members 15, 16,17, and 18, each of said members being formed of a wire spring which islongitudinally extensible, the wire of which said spring is composedbeing bent intermediate the ends thereof so as to form a'plurality ofV-shaped loops 19 having their apices disposed alternately in oppositedirections, this structure being produced by bending the wire zigzagwiseas will be readily understood. The purpose of forming the wire spring inthis particular manner is to produce'an absolutely fiat formation thethickness of which does not at any point exceed the diameter of the wirewhile the width of the structure may be varied by forming the limbs 20of the individual V-shaped loops of the requisite or any desired length.Each of the binding members is bent at the ends thereof so as to form aneye 21.

For the purpose of assembling the binding members in operative relation,two disks 22 are provided, each of said disks being pro vided atdiametrically opposite sides thereof with apertures 23 that are engagedby the eyes 21 of the oppositely disposed binding members 15, 16. Theeyes 21 of the third binding member 17 are engaged with apertures 24 inthe disks 22 which are located midway between the apertures 23, thebinding member 17 being thus located midway between and substantially atright anglesto the binding members 15, 16. The binding member 18 ispreferably, although not necessarily, made of greater length than theremaining members, and the e es 21 of said member are slidably engage'with arcuate slots'25 formed in the disks 22 and extending from pointsdiametrically opposite to the apertures 24 in the direction of theapertures 23 at one side of the disks. This will enable the member 18 tobe readily moved to a disengaged position as indicatedindot-i, tedlinesin Fig. 1. P

VVhenthe member 18 is in the disengaged "position shown in dotted linesin Fig. a package of cards, letters'or th'e'like, may-i i be readilyintroduced between the' nembers v 15, 1 6, 17, the latter being of suchreat resiliency that they will readily adapt t em t selves to packagesof greatly varying dimensions. By restoring the member 18 to theposition shown in full lines in'Fig. 1, the

said member will be placed in longitudinal alinement with the member 17and substantially at right, angles to the members 15,16, and letters orcards composing the package will thus be securely retained in assembledrelation. r

The springs entering into the construction it of this device beingabsolutely fiat and at no point of a thickness exceeding that of the 7wires ofwhich they are formed, it: is obvious that the improved binderwill'occupy very little space andrwill not 'at any point 7 juredbyconstant'use. The invention thereproject materially beyond the sidesof the package, The device being of entirely metallicvconstruction thesame will be found extremelydurable and not liable to be infore providesan extremely simple, durable 3 convenience in transportation or filingasand inexpensive device for typing the assembled letters, cards andother objects for may be required. 7

to form a plurality ofI-loops,the springthus' formedbeing at no point ofa thickness exceeding that of the wire; i

3.7A packagebinder embodying in its construction a'plurality of'members,each formed of a fiatlongitudinally extensible -wireCCIIStIL1CtiO11,'62LCl1 member-being provided atthe ends thereof witheyes in combination with assembling disks having openings engaged bysaid eyes. 7 a

. 4. A package binder embodying inits construction a plurality of;members, each formedof a flat longitudinally extensible wireconstruction, each member being provided at the ends thereof with eyesin combination with assembling disks having openings engaged by saideyes, the openings engaged by eyes of. oneof the members being V in thenature of arcuate slots.

In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature. 7

DANIEL Iwj MIIJLsAPs

